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Research bodies - Australia

UTS: CSS – University of Technology Sydney: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies research initiative.
Centre for Social Impact – Swinburne University.
CRA – Christian Research Association – a site full of papers and statistics. It is worth a subscription.
The Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation brings together the work of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute (ADRI) and the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation (CCG). The newly merged research entity commenced from 1 January 2015.
The Centre for Social Impact - University of New South Wales
Research Australia - a national not-for-profit alliance of organisations and companies that are committed to making health and medical research a higher national priority.

Research bodies - International

Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University (Canada)
Caster Family Center for Applied Nonprofit Research (USA)
Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, University of California at Berkeley (US)
Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Duke University (US)
Liverpool Law School Charity Law & Policy Unit (UK) Places seminars and research publications on their site.
London School of Economics Centre for Civil Society (UK) has information on research projects and courses.
Pakistan Center for Philanthropy (Pakistan)
Program on Non-Profit Organizations, Yale University (US)

Research Associations

ANZTSR Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Association is the scholarly organisation to assist researchers. After joining, you can read the newsletter, view current research projects and there is a new journal articles notification. The membership directory helps you find experts in particular areas of research.
ARNOVA Association for Research of Nonprofit Organisations and Voluntary Action. The members only section of the ARNOVA site now also offers past issues of ARNOVA news and book discounts (contact Kathryn Crissman for password information if you are a student/staff member of the CPNS).
Give2Asia works with corporations, foundations and families to fund charitable projects and social enterprises.
ISTR International Third Sector Research. Includes list of Academic Centers around the world conducting Third Sector Research.
Japan Nonprofit Organisation Research Association